Hanuman2547

34 minutes ago, puchooay said:

However, it has already been mentioned that there is no such budget. Thus, making your comment inane.

You, and another, took everything too literal.  When the salary was quoted as being 35,000 yet 50,000 was supposedly allotted I just stated that it probably was pocketed by an administrator.  Hence the smiley face at the end of my post.  Sheesh, you guys gotta lighten up some.  Sorry it flew over your head(s).  ????

On 11/29/2021 at 8:49 AM, puchooay said:

15000 baht remaining from what?

Go back and read the very first post.  Your answer is there!

Whatever you do, don't buy a used car from one of the "used car tents".  You just don't know for sure what you are getting.  Car has been in a flood, odometer rolled back some, etc.  Best if you can buy from someone you know that is looking to sell their car.  

On 11/28/2021 at 6:03 PM, LarrySR said:

Were they wearing MAGA hats?

Make Australia Great Again??

It is probably already in Thailand.  Just wait, the re-opening will have the brakes put on it.  

Stay tuned for more updates especially in light of the "new" variant that has been popping up in South Africa and has been reported in other countries.

Why would you want to meet your ex-Thai wife for lunch?  Yes, I get it that texting can be long after awhile.  Why not just stop the texting and call instead?

6 hours ago, Crazy Noobie said:

I don't think there is an actual budget for 50,000 baht for teachers. My son is a teacher at an International School. From what I understand most schools are having troubles meeting their budget. As times are hard for them. Not all schools pay the same rate of pay. It depends on the type of school and its location on how much a teacher would be paid. If you have an idea on where you want to live, email the school and ask them. When my son was looking for a teacher position, he found out that International Schools pay more than a standard school. At the International School he gets paid more than the teachers that can speak english only. As he can speak, write and read Thai, so that helped a lot.

International schools fall under a different category.

3 hours ago, khunPer said:

I use to hear the salary is around 35,000 baht a month.

It probably is.  Some school administrator just pockets the remaining 15,000 baht!  ????

It's a buyer's market right now in Thailand and has been for some time.  I would never put a deposit down in this country in this current climate.  

I would advise to not overstay.  I once overstayed by one day about 5-6 years ago.  They did not fine me or stamp my passport indicating that I overstayed.  

4 hours ago, pomchop said:

There are a lot of retired English speaking ex pats here, many of whom are bored, and would likely be glad to help out as a volunteer English teacher IF IF they didn't need non sense work permits for volunteering to help the kids.  In my experience what the kids really need is more hearing the English language and less studying diagraming sentences as taught by Thai teachers.  I was a volunteer and my task was to speak English only  to the kids and attempt to get them to give it a try.  Most of my kids had never even met/heard a native English speaker in person and amazingly after a while I was able to get most of them to not be so shy and to actually give speaking a try. And a few actually picked it up pretty well.

 

If the Thai govt would treat these expats as a valuable asset and develop a program to encourage them to help and give serious people an incentive of an easy to extend one year visas and no work permit BS I suspect that a few thousand  expats would volunteer a few days a week at their local schools. 

 

What have they or the kids got to lose?  (I know, it could mean a loss of face but get over it for the kids sake.)

The problem with your suggestions for the Thai government is that they did not come up with it themselves.  I mean really, let older retired expats volunteer to be in schools a few hours a week to help the kids learn English?  (sarcasm intended)

In Thailand, many Thai teachers know a lot about the English language.  They know all the grammar exceptionally well.  They have a fairly good vocabulary.  However, they are unable to put it all together and communicate verbally in the English language.  Then you take the local Issarn lady working in a bar in Pattaya or elsewhere.  Doesn't know <deleted> all about verbs, plurals, or the present perfect tense.  Limited vocabulary yet can converse in verbal English quite well.  

23 hours ago, Sir Dude said:

They weren't doing very well 10 years ago and since then, they have done their level best to get rid of as many foreigners as possible... including teachers.

Not only that, they weren't doing very well 35 years ago.  

6 hours ago, A1Str8 said:

I don't know why Thais now want tourism to recover. Before convid they were all xenophobic and wanted foreigners to go home. Now that they left they want them to come back. 

There's still a sizable group that doesn't want the country to open up to foreign tourism.  

11 hours ago, Dont confuse me said:

 

Retire in pattaya the bungee jumping hub of SE Asia.

 

 

 

Yes, and without the bungee!

Yes, back in the "old" days it was very easy to open a bank account.  Just show them your passport (Thais use their ID card) and your account is opened very quickly.  Visa type/Work Permit of no interest to them.  I have opened a few different bank accounts over the years, the first back in 1989 as described above.  Do make sure that you open the account at a branch that is convenient for you to go to and is also accustomed to dealing with foreigners.  This will help you a lot over time.

I would ship the bike by either post or air freight.  Pretty fast to get from point A to point B.

A lot of people in close proximity to each other and not wearing masks is the bigger problem no matter where you are.  At least on the BTS and MRT people are wearing masks despite being very crowded.  However, that could still be considered a risky environment.  Alcohol is not really the issue.

11 minutes ago, shdmn said:

Yea, I was disappointed to see Thailand not on the list.  Does that exclude them from importing it from India or elsewhere though?

Nothing in the article states that Thailand can't import the drug.  Just hope China doesn't put pressure on Thailand not to import from other countries.

Covid-19: Pfizer to allow developing nations to make its treatment pill - BBC News

It's a start but doesn't go nearly far enough.  Unfortunately, some countries are left off of this list.  Thailand is one of them.  

Anutin Charnvirakul is nothing but another Thai blowhard politician.  He has no medical training at all unless he took a CPR/Standard First Aid course while in the US studying engineering at Hofstra University.  Therefore his stance on Sinovac is simply his non-medical opinion and should be taken as such.